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Allcard, Edward C

Temptress Returns.

London : Putnam & Co., Ltd, 1952.

First edition of English yachtsman Edward C. Allcard’s detailed account of his second solo trip across the Atlantic aboard the yawl Temptress. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person toContinue reading "Temptress Returns."

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-115755

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Calvino, Italo

Difficult Loves.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.

First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to editor Irene Skolnick in the year of publication, “For Irene Italo Calvino N.Y., Nov. 14. 1984.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. TranslatedContinue reading "Difficult Loves."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-111048

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Roberts, Lord Frederick Sleigh

Forty-One Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander in Chief.

London : Richard Bentley and Son, 1898.

First edition of Commander-in-Chief of the British Army Lord Robert’s memoirs. Octavo, 2 volumes bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and gilt tooling to the spines, double gilt ruling and gilt coats of arms to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings andContinue reading "Forty-One Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander in Chief."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-111058

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Blixt, Robert E.; William J. Chadwick; Richard A. Posner; Robert D. Milne; Seymour Smidt et al

Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA.

Charlottesville : The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.

First edition of this volume on the evolving concepts of prudence in investment strategy. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-117638

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Byron, Robert

The Road to Oxiana.

London : Macmillan & Company, 1937.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 15 plates and a map. From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd. Medd, who was an architect and best-known for his collaboration with fellow architects, Edwin Luytens and Herbert Baker, in designing New Delhi. He remained in India and in 1939-47 held the roleContinue reading "The Road to Oxiana."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-111765

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Menand, Louis

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Pulitzer Prize award winning author Edward O. Wilson, “For Edward with best wishes Louis Menand.” Wilson’s signature to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-111949

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Schein, Edgar H

Organizational Psychology.

Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1965.

First edition of Schein’s work on organizational dynamics and psychology. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “The argument is that systems work better if their parts are in good communication with each other, are committed and are creative and flexible.’ True then, still true now. All theContinue reading "Organizational Psychology."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-110438

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Huxley, Elspeth

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1959.

First edition of Huxley’s autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father’s coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-110441

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Wouk, Herman

Marjorie Morningstar.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1955.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by John Scotford. Jacket photograph by Richard Avedon.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-110555

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Meadowcroft, William H. [Thomas A. Edison]

The Boy’s Life of Edison.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1911.

First edition of Meadowcroft’s biography of Thomas Edison, written for children. Octavo, original cloth with paper label portrait of Edison to the front panel, illustrated with eight photographic portraits of Edison including tissue-guarded frontispiece. With Edison’s autobiographical notes. Boldly signed on the second free endpaper, “Thomas A. Edison.” In very good condition. First printings areContinue reading "The Boy’s Life of Edison."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-110225

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Robbins, Lionel

The Theory of Economic Development in the History of Economic Thought.

London : Macmillan, 1968.

First edition of Robbins’ work on the history of economic theory. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher’s complementary slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-110422

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Greene, Graham

It’s A Battlefield.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.

First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-119772

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Howitt, Peter [John Maynard Keynes]

The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays.

Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 1990.

First edition of Howitt’s collected essays analyzing Keynesian and Walrasian economics. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “John with best wishes Peter Howitt.” Laid in is an additional note inscribed by the author which reads, “12/9/14 John, With best wishes and many thanks for the kind words.Continue reading "The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-110737

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Hayek, Friedrich A. [F.A.]

Geldtheorie Und Konjunkturtheorie. [Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle].

Wein und Leipzig : Holder-Pichler-Tempsky A.G, 1929.

Scarce first edition of Hayek’s first book, published four years later in English as Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription. Scarce.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-110386

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Brautigan, Richard

A Confederate General from Big Sur.

New York : Grove Press, Inc., 1964.

First edition of Brautigan’s first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Rivers. Jacket photograph by Erik Weber. A very nice example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-110462

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Grierson, John. Introduction by Wolfgang von Gronau

High Failure: Solo Along the Arctic Air Route.

London : William Hodge & Company, Limited, 1936.

First edition of English Aviator John Grierson’s account of his solo trip along the Arctic Air Route. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Associtation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To Chief Factor Ralph Parsons with best wished John Grierson 15/11/36.” The recipient, Ralph Parsons was aContinue reading "High Failure: Solo Along the Arctic Air Route."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-111250

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Hulme, Keri

The Bone People.

Wellington : Spiral, 1983.

First New Zealand edition (and true first) of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-112441

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Henderson, James M. and Richard E. Quandt

Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.

First edition of this classic work in microeconomic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Quandt on the front free endpaper, “With my best wishes to John Roger Richard E. Quandt.” Also laid in is a autograph signed letter from the economist. In very good condition.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-112369

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Wilde, Oscar

The Works of Oscar Wilde.

London and Paris : Methuen Charles Carrington, 1907-22.

The works of Oscar Wilde, bound in the original cloth, one of 1000 sets made on handmade paper. Octavo, 14 volumes, original cream cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. One of 1000 sets of this edition on handmade paper. In near fine condition.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-111362

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LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON]

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron.

London : Frederick Warne and Co, c. 1890.

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in half vellum over cloth, frontispiece, morocco spine label, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers top edge gilt. In near fine condition. An attractive set.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-111329

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Addams, Jane

Jane Addams Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter.

Chicago : Hull House, 1929.

Rare original letter signed and entirely in the hand of Jane Addams, presented with an original photograph also signed by her. On Hull House letterhead, the letter reads, “My dear Mr. Miller, I am very glad to send you one of my books… Faithfully yours Jane Addams May 2d 1929.” In near fine condition. DoubleContinue reading "Jane Addams Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-110808

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Bellow, Saul

The Adventures of Augie March.

New York : The Viking Press, 1953.

First edition of Bellow’s first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Ann Englander whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped first-issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rearContinue reading "The Adventures of Augie March."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-111689

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Johnson, Rebekah Baines. Introduction by Lyndon B. Johnson

A Family Album.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965.

First edition of this work documenting Lyndon B. Johnson’s family tree, prepared for him by his mother as a Christmas present to her son. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Introduction by Lyndon Baines Johnson. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the dedication page, “To Jack and Leota Horner from your friend and admirerContinue reading "A Family Album."

$425.00

Item Number: RRB-110560

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Living To Tell the Tale.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-110799

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